pcos diet

[roseanimal]

ok - I'm slipping again! girls with pcos that eat according to the diet what do you order in restaurants? everything is pasta or in a creamy sauce!! it's when i eat out i have to break the diet then i keep slipping cause it tastes saoooooo good and i slip further and further away from what i should be eating!! going out for dinner next weekend with lovely hubby (don't know where - it's a surprise) and getting back on track after a very healthy shop today (apart from a packet of crisps I've just eaten fruit and celery today and I'm not hungry! ) but I KNOW THAT NEXT WEEKEND IT WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN! HELP!!!

 

[melissa5317]

Salad!! My favourite is nicoise - I like the one they do at Pizza Express. Either that, or I order something with a good chunk of protein in it (usually chicken or fish) and make sure I eat that before I hit the naughty bits so that I don't fill up on bad stuff. If I have a choice of veg, I ask for cauliflower and/or broccoli instead of potatoes/chips. Also, if I'm ever in a position that I'm eating something like pasta or anything with flour or white rice, I definitely skip dessert so as to do the least damage to my system, and if I must have a drink afters, I usually either get a green tea or a decaf coffee (not anything milky like a cappu).

You can do it!!!

 

[roseanimal]

thanks. hubby doesn't let me "waste" money on salads in restaurants though. he doesn't let me order stuff I can make very easily at home! I'll ask if i can swap potatoes for something else like broccoli though - cunning plan!

It's just so difficult to be good when most stuff on the menu's bad! thanks for the help. it's always easier when there's a good choice of good things in the fridge too so there's no temptation just to grab a takeaway so i should be ok!

 

[melissa5317]

I know what you mean! Don't get me wrong; I'm missing things like pizza and curries terribly! I almosed cracked on Saturday, but DH kept me in line, bless him. That was only because of the snow and not being able to go to the grocery store, tho. Otherwise, I make a meal plan each week and make the grocery list from that so that I know that we have exactly what we need in the house and nothing that we don't need, and that 1. keeps us from ordering takeaways and 2. saves us a hell of a lot of money as well! I think we were spending about 100 quid on takeaways a month as well as about 250 on normal groceries. You can always tell when DH goes shopping, tho, b/c he comes back with all sorts of things that I can't eat and drives me crazy with them, so I don't let him do the shopping much.

 

[roseanimal]

I know what you mean. We very rarely get/got takeaways but just as a treat or if we really had nothing in the house. probably not even 1ce every couple months! BUT knowing i can't makes it very difficult - WHY?

The only problem is hubby insists on eating "proper" food like pasta, pizzas etc and we eat different things. makes it hard though - knowing they're there! he wasn't with me shopping today though so he'll be wanting things i didn't buy!